New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-06
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A correspondent OF srhe Albany Journal calls
attention to tie fact that all physicians mat
the burning OF leather acts as disnfectantT Here
is hint for President Cleveland. Let him burn
several sides of leather. say thousand around about
his order for me return of the rebel Gags.
The latest on the Duic.-A pretty advanced specimen
VI this class was paying court to The daughter Oh
. clergyman lie was biyitrd ~ dine at the house,
anu th ,ung Lab assured Lin that he had better
prepare himself to return thanks at the dinner table,
II really ally cswnt. | Couldn't DO H. 70 knaw.u
"Dut you must said his sweetheart, "or your
All well, VIII tvy, but III make an awful mess
Dinner time came and the clergyman politely
called upon tho young man to return nks, as the
young lady had predicted lie gave despal'ns glance
awfullyi"
There manage.-(Truth.
"a toad who disgraccs his own warts ;" is what
Mississippi EDITOR says In abiding to one of his
colleagues. The resources Of English "as she Is
spoke"-in Mississippi at least-are great indeed
Cleveland and Higgins might be good ticket for
the Mugwum.s, although the Democrats would
doubtless prefer Higgins and Observation-Disclosures
plia irrSS
Scene-a local court room; time-last Tuesday;
drama5ls persone-a grandloguent lawyer, pert but
ignorant witness dgniGcd judge spectators, etc., etc.
G. L-You got into alteration with the plain
tiff, didn't you
p. b. l. W.-Naw; 'twerc furniture / got
into wild him.
C. L.-You made violent personal assault upon
him with some OF agricultural implement adn't
your
p. D. I. w-rIehi Guess not; but pened the
blackgnard over do head wild a hoe-handle.
G. L-Ddn't you also apply opprobrious epthets
to him, attacking his character for veracity, accusing
him of larceny and menacing him with bodily harm
p. B. l. w.-Nope! very positively
G. L-What did you say to hint
p. b. /. W.zohl said as how he were dhirty
cohn Ihra nf Iviu tbafQ audf that Of
he thried any of his old thricks agn, wud tear
his rotten liver out Nv i'm.
General disturbance OF the dignity Of the court.
Tho Female Police ofieer-When female policemen
appointed IL is probable that incidents like the
following imaginary ono VIII not be uncommon:
Female Otiicer-Come, my man, move on.
Tr,y individual paising his hat with instructive
+. o.now did you happen to get 50 tipsya Have
you wife and children!
+. O.-Dear me, dear me. you ought to be ashamed
OF yourself do you think you can find your way
4. 1.-Yeshm, gesher moves OFF.
/. O.-Tbere, there. how you staggoring I'm
afraid yoa'l never be able 10 get hoine Which d.
ecuon do you take!
+. o.-whch way do you gol
T.. f.-Southern car.
CTakes his arm and leads him alongJ Well, / d
clare, how tpsy you are Try and keep yourself
hair is all coming down Here, hold my club until !
put up my hair. never saw man 50 stupd
Tberel you've dropped my club. yonder what your
poor wife and Chi dren win say when they see you
T. I.-IIerfer Whoop! Hol cnuctor, shtop err
COnductor-We do not stop for Drunken men til
r. o. beginning to weep)-Im in a plight
whatever I'm the world | do with him
Sympathetic specators-Take him to the station:
think u hire bcrdic and send him home. DO you
T. I-I-Iiye tome. Get there. toor No fears for
me. Mush oblizher fur yer kindness. Coo MI
nm. FIN m'way home iu,,n'c ~ 49,, tho
lie eventually gets on board Of car ana tno
knd-hearted officer Is much relleved-lBoston COURIER
"The New-oreans Picayune" demands in hysterical
tones the destruction Of the English sparrow, which It
declares to be nothing less than ''pesnerous for
cgner" guilty of rading the green fields and spelling
the drinking wnter Of the city. II seems n took
three years to discover the evil effects Of the sparrow
upon the drinking water OF New-Or.eans. But then
water Is 20 rarely drunk in the Crescent Cityl
Information comes from New-York that the torrid
wave has been arrested We hope II Will no put INTO
the cooler aud kept there for the rest oil the seasoh
Detroit Free Pres.
well-hnown Ncw-YorH lady, whose namo is the |
synonym for all that Is benevolent and charitable |
especially regarding the helpless and poverty-stncken
Of her own sex, has her summer home in one of the |
most beautiful spots on the Hudson. surrounded by |
forest trees OF graf age and magn1cenoe IL oc- |
CURED 70 her last autumn that 1t would be kind to
give to a party Of city working girls an opportunity
TO 20 "chcstnutting" upon these grounds But as
matter OF fact the chcstnuts were then very scarce
yet not dsapfOint tho girls servant was sent to
OF the nuts and scatter them around under the chest
nut trees whore they would be most likely to DC |
found by the visitors. They were found by the |
merry-hearted young women and their hostess would
have derived great satisfaction from their enjoyment
and the of her benevolent little fraud II she
had CHANGED to upon several Of them sitting
under tree that clearly was not a chestnut, and |
heard ono Of them, who must at some time have lived
In the country. discussing alter this fashion as they
nbbled the nuts: 81 say. girls, can't understan"
yet how these boiled chestnuts came TO grow on an
oak tree" They don't say chestnut" in that house
hold now they say "boiled oaknut"
Philadelphia publisher says the revised Bible ha' |
"faIlen fat" This Is lucky for the Bible book |
that falls fiat Is less Liable TO sustain injury than |
when II falls the edges or on ono corner.-tNor
I4stown licrld.
"Tho London Times" devoted an editorial para
graph eleven columns In length TO the Queens
Jubilee. The English editor Is . very spicy, crisp
sort OF wrter.-lHartford Post.
on H4TE YON HEARD FROM HENTCCKYf